THE DA VINCI CODE
Year: 2006
USA & UK: Sony Pictures Releasing
Cast: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellan, Paul Bettany, Jean Reno, Alfred Molina, Jurgen Prochnow, Etienne Chicot, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Clive Carter, Seth Gabel, Denis Podalydes, Charlotte Graham, Yves Aubert, Marie-Françoise Audollent, David Bark-Jones, Jean-Yves Berteloot, Michael Bertenshaw, David Bertrand, Rachael Black, Lionel Bremond, Matthew Butler, Francesco Carnelutti, Andrew Clark, Rita Davies, Xavier De Guillebon, Tonio Descanvelle, Daisy Doidge-Hill, Garance Mazureck, Joe Grossi, Paul Herbert, Tina Maskell, Mark Roper, Arnaud Klein, Dhaffer L'Abidine, Andre Lillis, Sam Mancuso, Brock Little, Roland Menou, Hugh Mitchell, Agathe Natanson, Sarah Wildor, Michael Norton, Daz Parker, Peter Pedrero, Andy Robb, David Saracino, Fausto Maria Sciarappa, Harry Taylor, Mario Vernazza, Roland John-Leopoldie, Eglantine Rembauville-Nicolle, Dan Tondowski, Shane Zaza
Director: Ron Howard
Country: USA
USA & UK: 149 mins
USA Rated: PG-13 for disturbing images, violence, some nudity, thematic material, brief drug references and sexual content
UK Certificate: 12A contains flagellation and other moderate violence
USA Release Date: 19 May 2006
UK Release Date: 19 May 2006
Synopsis
From director, Ron Howard, producer Brian Grazer and writer Akiva Goldsman, the Oscar-winning team of A BEAUTIFUL MIND comes the film version of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, one of the most popular and talked about novels of our time, with a cast headed by two-time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Jean Reno, Sir Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina and Paul Bettany. Produced by Grazer and John Calley, THE DA VINCI CODE begins with a spectacular murder in the Louvre Museum. All clues point to a covert religious organization that will stop at nothing to protect a secret that threatens to overturn 2,000 years of accepted dogma.
Famed symbologist Professor Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) is called to the Louvre museum one night where a curator has been murdered, leaving behind a mysterious trail of symbols and clues. With his own survival at stake, Langdon, aided by the police cryptologist Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou), unveils a series of stunning secrets hidden in the works of Leonardo Da Vinci, all leading to a covert society dedicated to guarding an ancient secret that has remained hidden for 2000 years.
The pair set off on a thrilling quest through Paris, London and Scotland, collecting clues as they desperately attempt to crack the code and reveal secrets that will shake the very foundations of mankind.